BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genta Incorporated announced today that the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Raymond P. Warrell, Jr., will give a general corporate update at the Rodman & Renshaw 3rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference in Monaco on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 11:15 a.m. CEST (5:15 am New York EDT).
The presentation will be webcast and accessible at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at: http://www.genta.com/investorrelation/events.html. The presentation will be archived for 30 days.
About Genta
Genta Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company with a diversified product portfolio that is focused on delivering innovative products for the treatment of patients with cancer. The Company’s research platform is anchored by two major programs that center on oligonucleotides (RNA- and DNA-based medicines) and small molecules. Genasense(R) (oblimersen sodium) Injection is the Company’s lead compound from its oligonucleotide program. The Company has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of Genasense plus fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Genta has also completed a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for use of Genasense plus dacarbazine for treatment of patients with advanced melanoma. The leading drug in Genta’s small molecule program is Ganite(R) (gallium nitrate injection), which the Company is exclusively marketing in the U.S. for treatment of symptomatic patients with cancer related hypercalcemia that is resistant to hydration. For more information about Genta, please visit our website at: http://www.genta.com.
This press release and the presentation to follow contain forward-looking statements with respect to business conducted by Genta Incorporated. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially. For a discussion of those risks and uncertainties, please see the Company’s Annual Report/Form 10-K for 2005.
Genta Incorporated
CONTACT: Investors: TS Communications Group, LLC, +1-914-921-5900,info@genta.com; or Media: Greg Tiberend of Richard Lewis Communications,+1-212-827-0020, both for Genta Incorporated
